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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Prof Ade Babatunde" <info@nddcnigworld.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:21:16 +0000
Subject: THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT(NDDC) PROPOSAL

THE CHARIMAN OF THE CONTRACT
AWARD COMMITTEE,
OF THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION(NDDC).
LAGOS NIGERIA


Prof Ade Babatunde

Dear Beloved,

I am fine today and how are you? I hope this letter will find you in
the
best of health. I am Prof Ade Ogunde. The Chairman of the Contract
Award
Committee,of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC), A subsidiary
of
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC).Niger Delta
Development
Commission (NDDC) was setup by the late Head of State, General Sani
Abacha
who died on 18th June 1998, to manage the excess revenueaccruing from
the
sales of Petroleum andits allied products as a domestic increase in the
petroleum products to develop the communities in the Niger Delta Oil
producing areas. The estimated annual revenue for 1999 was $45 Billion
US
Dollars Ref. FMFA26Unit 3BParagraph D of the Auditor General of the
Federal
Republic of Nigeria Report of Nov. 1999 on estimated revenue.I am the
Chairman of the Contract Award Committee, and my committee is solely
responsible for awaiting and paying of contracts on behalf of the
Federal
Government of Nigeria. My Committee Awarded Contracts to foreign
contractors for Drilling and Ecological Matters in the oil producing
areas
of Niger Delta. We overshot the contract sum by . We have paid the
contractors and withholding the balance of twenty five Million US
Dollars.
But, because of the existence of some of the domestic laws forbidding
civil
servants in Nigeria from opening, operating and maintaining foreign
accounts, we do not have the expertisto transfer this balance of fund
to a
foreign account. However, this balance of twenty five Million US
Dollars
has been secured in form of Credit/Payment to a foreign contractor,
hence
we wish to transfer into your bank account as the beneficiary of the
fund.
We have also arrived at a conclusion that you will be given 35% of the
total sum transferred as our foreign partner, while 5% will be reserved
for
incidental expenses that both parties will incur in the course of
actualizing this transaction, and the balance of 60% will be kept for
the
committee members. If you know tha t you will be capable of helping us
actualize this transaction, you should send to me immediately the
details
of your bank particulars or open a new bank account where we can
transfer
the money $25million twenty five Million US Dollars, which you will be
holding in trust for us until we come to your country for our share.
Your
nature of business does not matter in this transaction. The required
details includes your companys name, address, your private personal
telephone/fax numbers, your full name and address, including your
complete
bank details where the transferred fund will be routed by the Plantinun
Bank. Note that this transaction is expected to be actualized within 21
working days from the day the required details are forwarded to the
Federal
Ministry of Finance who will approve the needed foreign exchange
control
allocation for the release of this money to your account. Please, treat
this as top secret. You should contact me urgently.
Thanks for your cooperation.

Prof Ade Babatunde

THIS IS MY OFFICE EMAIL WHERE I WILL WELCOME YOUR EMAIL

profadeogunde@yahoo.co.uk


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